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UNITI: stats sie SYDNEY A. BECK, F BURLINGAME, CAL'JFOILNSA, ASSIGNOR TOHVER SPRING COMPANY, OF SAN" FRANCISCO, CALFORNEA, A CORBRATIGN Gl?CLIFOENIA.

BUMPER-.PLTTACHNG- DEVICE.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, SYDNEY A. Brion, a citizen of the United cStates ofAmerica, residing at Burlingame, in the county of San Mateo and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful improvements inBumper-Attaching Devices, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

rlhis invention relates to improvements in contrivances for adjustablymounting fenders or bumpers on automobiles, and particularly toimprovements in devices by means of which bumper-attaching irons arefastened to the frame of the car so as to be readily adjusted in place.An object of this invention is to provide a mechanism of the characterdescribed hereinbefore, which will prove simple in construction,comparatively cheap in manufacture and low in cost of installation andrepair, and efficient and durable in operation and use.

ln the drawings illustrating the principle of this invention and thebest mode now known to me of applying` that principle, Figure l is anelevation of so much of the frame or chassis of an automobile and of abumper-attaching iron secured thereto, as is necessary to illustratethis invention; Fig. 2 is a plan of what is shown in Fig. l; Fig. 3 is asection on the line 3--3 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of thearrows; and Fig. i is a detail that illustrates in front elevation thehanger-block for an attaching-iron.

As is best shown in Fig. 3, the chassis or frame member a (only afragment of which is shown) is of the channel-iron type comprising a web6, upper fiange c, and lower iiange c. rThe hook-end d of a hook-bolt alis engaged with the lower iange c of the chassis a and the body or shankof the bolt d passes thereunder.

Against the outer lateral face of the web of the channeled frame-membera, there lies the recessed lateral face c of the hangerblock e, from thelower endof which projects laterally a perforated boss or ear c, whichextends under the lower flange c and through which passes the threadedend of the shank of the hook-bolt (Z. A nut d is screwed on the threadedextremity of the latter and serves to fasten together the frame-membera, the hanger-block e and the hook-bolt d.

rlhe face e of the hanger-block e is formed Specification of LettersPatent. jfgmggmgd Jun@ 23j, LQL

Application filed February 14, 199.1.

serial No. 444,670.

pair of these notches f opposed te each other, and the holt g is, inthis manner, pref vented from turning while its head g is thus engaged.The shank of the bolt g passes through the slot and a hole formed in theinner end of the bumper-attaching iron L. Neither the other or outer endof the latter nor the bumper thereby carried is shown in the drawings.ifi nut g is screwed on the projecting threaded extremity of the bolt gand serves to fasten the bumper-attaching iron /t to the hanger-block e.rlhe vertical series of notches permit the position of the bolt g to beadjusted alongthe longitudinal slot 7 and the inner end of thebumper-attaching iron 7L to be shifted from and toward the lower end ofthe hangerblock c along the outer face thereof, so that the bumper iskept level by this adjustment, when the bumper is attached to chassis orframes having different pitches. liioreover, by means of theconstruction just described, it has been found entirely feasible to doaway with the use of bends in the inner ends of the bumper-attachingirons, and to use bumper-attaching irons or arms li. 'the inner ends ofwhich are straight.

rThe inner extremity /L of the attachingiron 7a may be fastened in anysuitable inanner to the chassis, as by means of a bolt passing through asnubber-hole (not shown) in the chassis, or by means of a hook-bolt ethe threaded end of the shank of which passes through a hole in theinner extremity t and is engaged by a nut c". A spacing-block j isinterposed between the inner extremity 7L and the frame-member a.

ln accordance with the patent statute, l have hereinbefore described thepreferred form of this invention; but l realize that changes may be madetherein without departing from the spirit of this invention, and ldesire to be understood as regarding such changes as falling within thescope of the claims that follow hereinafter. For example, thehanger-block c may be used near the end 7L of the iron 7L, and thespacingblock y' will then preferably be shifted into the position nowshown as being occupied by the hanger-bleek e. In ease a snubher isused, the snubber-bolt may be passed through the chassis a and ythe,iron in order to fasten these part-s together at the snubber. /Vhen thesnubber is not used, a cap-screw i passedv through the snubher-hole, inthe Chassis, and the iron 7L.

l. Means for adjustahly mounting bunipers on autoinoloile-frames9ineludinp` a hanger-block secured to the automobilefraine; a fasteningdeveeffoi' securing the hanger-block. to the autoinohile-frame; abumper-attaching iron free from engagementy by the fastening` device andfreely movable 'up and down along the hangerbloek; and means forsecuring the buniperattaehing iron fo the hanger-block when the iron isin Jshe position desired..

2. Means for adjusbahly mounting buinp- Vhanger-block; and means mountediu the slofl for securing the luuiuger-attaehiup` iron to thehanger-block when the iron is in the position desired.

Signed at the city and county of Sau Francisco, in the State ofCalifornia, in the presence of the two undersigned witnesses, this 7thday of February, A. D. 192i.

SYDNEY A. Blil.

Vitnesses E. DOWNING, B. VILsoN.

